When I connected the downpipes before I thought I was being clever. Silly me though, I forgot to add a way to drain the water being stored on the pipes to clean them. So I took advantage of the dry spell and rectified the matter. I also had an overflow pipe crossing a bedroom window which, on hindsight was unsightly. That's corrected now and the pipes run down, across uder the base of the window and back up. It means I can store approx 25 litres more water! Of course, I included an access point in this one! 25 litres doesn't sound like much but it will fill and drain multiple times over the year. Climate disaster could make water a luxury. I don't use the passive terms 'climate change' or 'global warming' any more. Maybe 30 years ago they might have been applicable terms but now we're well past that and need to up our game a lot. Climate disaster is what's already hitting us so we need to call it what it is. The first pic is of the valve that will allow me to switch the tank overflow to the stormwater or tithe upcoming French drain in the heart of the garden. Storing water in downpipes is a cool idea but not as cool as storing it in the soil. Don't worry about the pink and blue blobs of glue, once the vines are growing well, nobody will ever see it...right? _________________________________________________ #rainwater #rainwatercollection #diy #rainharvesting #raintank #waterefficientgarden #watersavinggarden (at Gawler, South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYTVobAvtuG/?utm_medium=tumblr
